Ida Zecco & Jim Rice

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A Song for the Season
What has now become a seasonal tradition, share the joy of this brightly packaged performance as Ida is joined by her longtime Music Director and dear friend, Jim Rice. Ida and Jim sing selections from her successful CD “A Song for Christmas,” which has sold world-wide. It is a perfect holiday entertainment – beautifully musical, filled with laughter, and a performance that glitters with seasonal cheer!

Ida Zecco (actor/singer/comedian/director/producer/coach/educator) is a member of screen actors Guild. A native Rhode Islander, Ida earned her Bachelor’s of Music and Voice at the Mozart Mozarteum University, Salisbury, Austria, and completed a Master’s in fine arts and acting and directing at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, London, England. She studied at the Actor’s Studio, NYU, and Uta Hagen at HP Studio in New York City, New York. Over the last 30 years, Ida has been appearing in several, one-woman performances that she has written and created, accompanied by her Musical Director of over 30 years, Jim Rice, in theaters across the United States. Her performances combine music, theatre, and stand-up comedy. Her unique storytelling offers down-home humor with heartfelt narrative. Her last two production, “Estro-gin and Tonic” and “Thanks for the Mammaries” have been performed to sold out audiences in the New England area and across the country. Ida is a recipient of best female vocalist award by the independent reviewers of New England, IRNA).

Jim Rice, is an accomplished and diverse conductor, music director, arranger, pianist and singer. Abroad, Jim has been Conductor of the European tour of Ken Hill’s Phantom of the Opera and nationally, Always Patsy Cline.. He has been the Assistant Conductor for the international tour of Man of La Mancha and Camelot as well as the pianist for the Broadway production of Grease in Europe. Jim has performed in hundreds of theaters and concert halls throughout Europe and the United States and has performed in every state to date, except Hawaii.

He has worked with Tony award winners: Peggy Cass, Victoria Clark, Helen Gallagher, Joanna Gleason, Debbie Gravitte, and George Hearn. He has accompanied many accomplished Broadway and international singing sensations including Marilyn Mae and Billy Stritch.

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